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on iOS there is a lifesaving phone setting of sending unknown callers straight to voicemail.
I toyed with that for a while but I kept missing important work calls. I might have a look for an app later, but I have a feeling it might not exist...
Yeah. I tend not to pick up calls that are in the "Who would be calling me from Texas?" vein. But while it's annoying to have to look at my phone when it rings, I do get calls from locations that seem plausible and they usually are legit. I'm not really willing to make myself harder to reach for legitimate and even important reasons because of the occasional junk call.